Military Importance of Natural Toxins and Their Analogs

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F68407700%3A21460%2F16%3A00308456" target="_blank" >RIV/68407700:21460/16:00308456 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="http://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/21/5/556" target="_blank" >http://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/21/5/556</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules21050556" target="_blank" >10.3390/molecules21050556</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Military Importance of Natural Toxins and Their Analogs

Original language description

Toxin weapon research, development, production and the ban on its uses is an integral part of international law, with particular attention paid to the protection against these weapons. In spite of this, hazards associated with toxins cannot be completely excluded. Some of these hazards are also pointed out in the present review. The article deals with the characteristics and properties of natural toxins and synthetic analogs potentially constituting the basis of toxin weapons. It briefly describes the history of military research and the use of toxins from distant history up to the present age. With respect to effective disarmament conventions, it mentions certain contemporary concepts of possible toxin applications for military purposes and the protection of public order (suppression of riots); it also briefly refers to the question of terrorism. In addition, it deals with certain traditional as well as modern technologies of the research, synthesis, and use of toxins, which can affect the continuing development of toxin weapons. These are, for example, cases of new toxins from natural sources, their chemical synthesis, production of synthetic analogs, the possibility of using methods of genetic engineering and modern biotechnologies or the possible applications of nanotechnology and certain pharmaceutical methods for the effective transfer of toxins into the organism. The authors evaluate the military importance of toxins based on their comparison with traditional chemical warfare agents. They appeal to the ethics of the scientific work as a principal condition for the prevention of toxin abuse in wars, military conflicts, as well as in non-military attacks.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

CC - Organic chemistry

OECD FORD branch

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Project

<a href="/en/project/TH01031098" target="_blank" >TH01031098: Validation and verification of the model distribution and dispersion of heavy gas in specific situations</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2016

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Molecules

ISSN

1420-3049

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

21

Issue of the periodical within the volume

5

Country of publishing house

CH - SWITZERLAND

Number of pages

20

Pages from-to

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UT code for WoS article

000380241600021

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-84973922932